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To state the obvious, civilians can get dragged into something and manage not to commit atrocities. The conscripts of the IJA weren't trained specifically to c
by ThrowawayR2 3y ago
To state the obvious, civilians can get dragged into something and manage not to commit atrocities. The conscripts of the IJA weren't trained specifically to commit atrocities. They weren't drugged, lobotomized, or transformed into robots either. What they did came from within themselves.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y ago> The conscripts of the IJA weren't trained specifically to commit atrocities. Maybe not directly. 100s of thousands of people don't commit atrocities just out of the blue. Their doctrine was pretty hardcore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi